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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-13
HUMOROUS.

TO phctographer-'Does your
business payp' II decline to answer"
go, see, you answer in the negative"
-Teras SJtimgs.
Small Boys Soliloquy Before
Apple Stand.-"Six for five cents, five
for four cents, four for three cents,
three for two cents, two for one cent.
one for nothing; guess I'll take one"
Golden Days.
Angry Stranger Ito assistant edi-
tor)-'Is the man who is responsible
for this article IMP" Assistant Editor
'.No, sir" Angry Stranger-''Where
does he sit?" Assistant Editor-"The
corner desk, sir; the one that has the
forty-four caliber revolver for paper
weight. viii you leave your card.
sirP" Angry Stranger (mildly) -
''N-no. IN Y San.
"A clerical gentleman recently met
a couple of legal friends looking on at
the erection of the new courthouse.
The clergyman inquired: "Have you
come, in accordance with the old invi-
tation, to view the ground where We
shall shortly lie?'" Immediately one
of the lawyers replied: ''Not shortly
but continuously and at great length"
The minister bowed and passed on
Bridgeport Standard.
Tramp (whose request for food has
been denied) Well, ma am, would
you let me sleep in the ten-acre lot
back of the barn if l won't make any
noise?" Woman-"Ye-es, | don't mind
lettin' We do that" Tramp appeal
ingly) --"Well, one thing more, ma am,
before I say goodnight. Would you
have me called at seven sharp? I
want to catch the limited cattle-train
West"
Mrs. Blobson was mixing some
medicine for Mr.. Blobson, who was
sick, when she was astonished to see
her husband wink at her in very EN-
phatic manner. 'What do you mean
by winking at me in that way, Mr..
Blobson?" she demanded. "F-force
of habit" stammered Mr.. Blobson-
mo, mol don't mean that! mean
[ have got something in my eye"
swell, haven't" responded Mrs. B.,
with aspcrity. Burlington Free Press.
Omaha Girl-"Oh! You men are
very mysterious about your secret So
cieties. Guess you don't know we
girls have secret society, too
Omaha Man. Really, I did not; you
have kept your secret WELL" eyes,
we have one; it was formed last night;
but its object is secret, you know
81 suppose so" eyes; you see all the
members are to be true to each other
under all circumstances. s.Of course"
''And tell each other all the secrets
they hear. Isn't it splendid. y Omaha
World.
Uncle Enoch, worthy and very
economical colored man, came into the
village store the other day. Got any
O. dat York State cheese, Mr.. John
sing?" eyes, Uncle, some that's very
nice, just i'm "Widout any holes n
it dis time. Mr.. JohnsingPH "Holes?
Why, don'ty you like it with holes" 81
likes de cheese, Mr.. Johnsing, but"
Here Uncle Enoch shook his head re-
proyingIy. you done sole me too
many poun's o. holes in de past, Mr..
Johnsing." '.Holes! What do you
mean?" "Why, de las poun' o cheese
I bought hyar was mon half d poun'
@ it holesi'' = Youths Companion.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-13
severe on cattle since ranching started in
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the Territories.
IN the Sierra Azul mountains, in Ari-
IONA volcanic eruption resulting from
the recent earthquake shocks was reported
on the 7th. One of the effects OF the
earthquake at Tucson was the opening of
gold mines and water supply which
rendered thousands of acres of land fit for
farming.
"BESn BULWINKLE, formerly the popu-
lar head of the Chicago fire patrol, was
thrown from his horse at Flagstaff, A. T.,
on the 9th and instantly killed.
COLONEL JAMES GowAN, who contracted
for and constructed Chicago's great sub
marine water-works tunnel, died in that
city on the 9th. aged sixty-seven years.
The Legislature of West Virginia adj
journed sine die on the 9th.
ALONG the South Shore road in the Upper
Michigan peninsula forest fires were rag
ing on the 9th. It was feared that Rock
River village would be wiped out Thou
sands of acres of wood had been de-
stroyed.
SIX houses were struck by lightning,
others were moved from their founda-
tions, four men were badly crippled and
four horses were killed during a thunder
storm on the 9th at Akron, O. The busi-
ness portion of the city was flooded, and
thousands of dollars worth of stock was
ruined by flooding cellars.
THE Southern Baptist Association in
convention at louisville on the 9Th adopt
ed a resolution solemnly protesting
against the manufacture, sale and use of
ardent spirits and expressing sympathy
with Prohibitionists everywhere
MISS JENNIE Bowman, who received such
dastardly treatment two weeks before at
the hands of negro burglars died at Louis
vile, KY, on the 9th.
AT Holland, Manitoba, fire on the 9th
destroyed property valued at $120, 200.
The grand jury on the 9th returned in
dictments for murder in the first degree
against the four McCoys, of Haverhill, O.,
who recently murdered DR.. Northup the
temperance advocate.
On the evening of the 9th about five
thousand citizens assembled at the armory
of Battery d in Chicago to protest against
coercion IN Ireland.
ONE of the largest deposits in marble in
the world had, it was stated on the 9th,
been discovered in San Bernardino Coun-
ty, Cal. 1t covers six hundred acres, and
no less than eleven different shades of
marble were found,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-13
FOUL MURDERS.
Three Women Meet Death at the Hands
of Brutal Robbers.

1Mrce women Meet Death at the Hands
of Brutal Robbers.
STEUBENvILLE, O., May 11.-Mr. Van
Baker, who lives at Holidays Cove, in
Hancock County, w. Va, on the Pam
Handle road, went to Pittsburgh, Pa, on
Monday to deposit several thousand dollars
which he had recently received. When he
returned to his home yesterday morning
he found his wife Eliza, aged forty,
and her mother, Suzella McWha, aged
seventy, lying dead in the sitting-room
with their heads beaten brutality by a
car pin. An axe was also lying beside
them. Mr.. Baker says that $500 belonging
to him is missing. Evidences of search
are plainly to be seen. 1t is thought that
some one who knew that Mr.. Baker had
received large amount of money and
knew that he was absent attempted to rob
the house, and, being discovered and
identified by the women, killed them to
conceal the crime. The belief is general
that the murderer is some one familiar
with the family.
WHEELING, W, Va, May 11.-Late re-
ports from Holidays Cove, the scene of
the double murder, says that Baker, the
hus band, has been arrested. Threats of
lynching are freely INDUCED in by the
hSlShOOIo.
New HAVEN, Conn, May 11-Mrs. Mar
garet Ernst German lady, aged seventy
four years, was found early yesterday
morning by the mill6man in the front room
of her house. "a Spruce street. with her
hands and feet bound with ropes and a
rope around her neck. She had been
choked to death during the night and
robbed. Mrs. Ernst was supposed to
have had on her person at least
500 in bills, but when the coroner arrived
this morning only s127 was found. She
was the owner of two houses and there is
about 81. 400 in the bank to her credit, she
being worth about $4,000. She made a
will about two years ago, and had notified
her attorney that next week she desired to
see him, as she had concluded to change it.
The coroner and police see in this fact the
motive for the crime. Mrs. Ernst was the
widow of John Ernst, Union veteran,
who died twelve years ago.
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LATER

SHERMAN & MARSH and Schnabel & Co.,
two barb-wire manufacturing firms of
Chicago, failed on the 10th for $3.50, 315. The
failures were attributed by Mr.. Marsh to
the Interstate Commerce act.
Up to the 10th 6, 500, 4s6 trade dollars had
been redeemed
DURING family quarrel on the 10th at
Huntsville, Ala, William Hutchens shot
and killed his brother Hunter and fatally
wounded mis- brother Charles.
THE Pennsylvania Legislature on the
10th defeated the bill providing for woman
suffrage
THE American schooner Clara j. Friend,
which put into Halifax, n. S., on the 10th
from the western banks, was refused per-
mission to buy provisions.
In quarrel on the 10th at Tivoli, MI,
William Ritter split his wife's head open
with an axe, killing her instantly.
THE clipper ships Seminole and Charm
er started from New York on the 10th
on an eight thousand mile race around
Cape Horn to San Francisco.
A. La. CARLTON, of the General Executive
Board, Knights of Labor, on the 10th con-
demned the strike of the knights in the
Pennsylvania coke regions.
THE report on the 10th of the Depart
ment of Agriculture for May shows the
general average condition of winter wheat
to be So, against IS at the corresponding
date of 1886.
THE twenty-ninth annual meeting of the
Illinois State Sunday school convention
commenced on the 10th at Decatur.
COPELAND & MeLAREN, of Montreal, inn
porters of pig-iron, failed on the 10th for
SOD, 000
THE report that Mr. Parnell had cancer
or was i'll in any way was denied by Mr..
O'Brien on the 10th, who asserted that the
home-rule leader was never in better
health than at present
GENERAL AARON FLETCHER STEVENS,
Union war veteran, died on the 10th at his
home in Nashua, N. H.
Mrs. MARGARET ERNST, of New Haven
Conn.,, German lady, aged seventy four
years, was found early on the morning OF
the 10th choked to death. The crime was
committed by burglars, who secured four
hundred dollars. -.
DAVID SMITH who cast his first vote Cor
James Madison for President, died at the
residence of his son near Freeport, Ill, on
the 10th, in his 1924 year.
A FIRE on the 10th at Lebanon, N r.,
destroyed over $4,000 worth of property,
with an insurance of $4,000.
AT meeting of the Builders Exchange
OF Chicago on the 10th it was decided to
oppose all demands made by the unions,
the members Of which work in the various
branches of the building trade
THE Ohio Democratic convention has been
called to meet at Cleveland June 2.
MRS. SuJELLA MCWHA, aged seventy
years, and her daughter, Mrs Eliza Baker.
aged forty years, were robbed and MUIR
dered at their home in Hancock County.
w. Va. early on the morning OF the 10th.
during the absence Of their husbands,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-13
The shah Wants an American Railway.

WASHINGTON, May 6.-Through recent
dispatches received at the Department of
State from the United States Legation
at Teheran it is learned that the Shah con-
tinues to manifest much interest in the
relations between the United States and
Persia, ana ex presses the desire and hope
that the resources of that kingdom should
be developed by the aid of capital fur
nished by the citizens of a neutral friend
~ country, such as the United States.
Opportunities for the construction of rail-
ways in Persia by American companies are
spoken of, and in particular line of rail-
way from the Persian Gulf to the capital,
Teheran, is suggested.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-13

WITHIN short time patriotic Irish
men have beautified the home of Mi
chael Davitt and his bride in Bray, Ire
land, by relaying the lawn with turf
and shamrock, studding the terraces
with bulbs and Towering plants, and
tastefully refurnishing the house. In
the brides boudoir they placed an
American piano, and hung Boston's
crayon picture in the library. There
was a profusion of speech-making and
the cottage was rechristened Land
LEAGUE Cottage
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-13
Fatal Collision at Sea.

HAvRE, May 9-The steamer La Cham
payne, which sailed Saturday morning for
New York and afterward returned, having
been IN collision, was run into by the
steamer Vile de Rio The latter steamer
sank, but her crew and passen gers were
saved. The collision caused a panic
among the Italians on board the Cham
payne, who made rush for the life~boat
and caused it to capsize, five of them be-
ing drowned, in addition to three sailors
who had tried to prevent the rush. The
steamer Villa de Bordeaux rescued fifteen
Italians clinging to the capsized Ufe-boat.
The collision opened wide hole in the
Champagne, and the captain round it nee
essary to run the vessel on the bar in or
der to save the lives of the passengers.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-13
some Interesting Figures Regarding la
Dor Troubles in the United States.

New YORK, May 9.-During the month
Of April the number of strikes by or lock-
outs of industrial workers throughout the
United States was 1s9, total far in ex-
cess of the number in January 1ast-nine-
ty-two. The largest number of strikers in
April were in the building trades, about
1860; next the stove.molders, over 5, 400;
then the iron-Workers, about $500, which
classes account for two-thirds of the total
striking that month. The total number of
labor strikes and lockeuts this year to
April 80 is $40, against forty-nine reported
in a like portion of last year The total
number Of men involved is 5000, against
III, 000-a gain Of fourteen per cent
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-13

4 LOCOMOTIVE has been successfully
fed on coal oil at Meadville, Pa, and
its steam at sufficient pressure was
maintained with five gallons an hour.
The fuel for ten-hour trip would at
this rate cost about fifty cents. 1t is
said that, once adopted as a locomotive
fuel, there will be little need of sec
ond man in the cab except to watch
the engineer and keep him from going
to sleep. The tender will be reduced
to size only necessary for holding a
barrel of oil and few gallons OF
water. Coal will never again be a dol
lar bushel.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-13
The Clark University.

WORCESTER, Mass, May The incorpor.
ators Of the new Clark University, to be
established through the libera.ity of Jones
6. Clark, of this city, met yesterday at Mr..
Clark's residence. Mr.. Clark informed
the gentlemen Of his intention to make
further gifts to the college to the amount
of about &, 100000. Included in this is a
collection of works of art valued at $780,
600. It is Mr. Clark's desire that the col
lege be modelled upon the German univer-
sifv system.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-13

CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER GREEDY, be-
ing convinced that the data collected
in his office may be greatly utilized by
farmers, will issue weekly special
bulletin containing reliable information
relative to the climatic. conditions
which have existed the previous week
in the agricultural districts of the coun-
try. General Greedy wishes sugges-
tions from those interested in the
bulletin, with view to improving the
same, either as to the character of
the information furnished or as to the
form IN which the reports are presented
TO the public.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-13

ABOUT the time Captain Greedy was
made head of the Weather Bureau a
girl baby was born to him, and few
days later some unknown person sent
a check for $500 in q letter, requesting
that the amount be invested for the
benefit of the newcomer until her
eighteenth birthday. The money has
been placed to Baby Greely's credit,
and will become handsome "nest
egg" in eighteen wears.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-13

SENATOR STANFORD, of California,
hopes to have seven of the buildings
for his great university erected this
year. They will be Moorish in design.
He says he is founding this university
in the hope and belief that boys and
girls can be educated into men and
women prepared and willing to grapple
successfully with the practicalities of
life, and thus prove blessing to them
selves and the world.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-13
The Crops.

WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE report of the
Department of Agriculture for May shows
the general average condition of winter
wheat to be &c. against 95 at the CORE
spending date of 1886. Spring planting is
unusually well advanced in most sections.
The proportion of cotton already planted
embraces more than four-ffths of the pro-
posed area.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 11.-Reports
from every county in Indiana, Illinois and
Ohio say that the wheat crop has been
damaged somewhat by the spring rains,
and the average per cent. Of condition
during April was So in Indiana and Illinois
and 70 in Ohio. The acreage of oats is 81
in Indiana, 1O4 in Illinois and SO in Ohio.
The fruit crop promises to be larger than
for several wears past.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-13

ONLY liquids that are non-poisonous,
nOn-intlammable and non-explosive
can be sent through the mails. These,
ifin bottles, must have the bottle strong
enough to stand the shock of handling,
and further inclosed in mold or papier
mache tube not less than three-six-
teenths of an inch thick in the thinnest
part, and between the bottle and it's
case there must be acushion of cotton,
felt or some other absorbent. The
tube must also be closed by tightly
fitting screw lid of wood or metal, with
a pad adjusted so as to prevent leak
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-13

ANOTHER sweet-voiced girl has
caught a husband through the tele-
phone. A Kansas City merchant was
so attracted by the tones of the girl
operator at the instrument that he
sought an introduction to her and re-
Gently made her his wife. A great deal
of feminine soul and music can he
thrown into that littIe "hello.n
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-13

Miss JULIA FoRNERT was installed
deaconess in ST. Georges Church, New
York, the other day by Bishop Potter.
She is the first deaconess ever created
in America and the first one ever adj
mitted to the Episcopal Church any
where for nearly four hundred years.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-13

AN Eastern hunting and fishing club
has a range of $4,000 acres on Cheat
mountain, Randolph County, W. Va.
The club will build hunting lodge,
macadamize about twenty miles of
road and run a line of tally-ho coaches
from the railroad.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-13

A PLACE on earth has been found
where taxes and voters are unknown.
1t is a territory bordering on the
northern line of Lincoln County, Me-,
called "Hibbert's Gore" II contains
three hundred and thirty-four acres of
land and ten 1ourishing families.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-13

GENERAL BUCKNER, recently nomi-
mated for Governor of Kentucky, is in a
fair way to redeem the promise which
he made in securing ayoung Richmond
belle for wife several years ago, viz:
that she should be the wife of the Gov
ernOr of Kentucky.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-13

NOTHING succeeds like perseverance.
Rev. John Webb and large black
bear met recently in the woods of Po-
cahontas County, W. Va Mr.. Webb
spent the next five hours in lodging
around the BEAR and finally killed him
with nocket-knife.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-13

GIRLS should not allow themselves
to become too much excited on their
wedding day. At Petersburg, Va,
the other day,a bride was taken i'll and
died half an hour after the ceremony
was performed.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-13

A NEGRO woman who was the daugh-
ter of King saw Washington at Alba
ny, N. Y, in 1898, was heir to large
estate, weighed 405 pounds, and had
begun to turn white in patches, died
in Buffalo the other day at the age
of 104
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-13

DR.. ALBERT KELLOGG, who died re-
Gently at Alameda, Cal, was the first
person to describe accurately the ia
NOUS "big trees" of California. That
was long ago, but the big trees are
popular still
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-13
Caught by Decoy Letters.

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich, May post
Office Inspector A. M. James, of Chicago,
arrested last night carrier in the Grand
Rapids Office named James L. Harry, on a
charge of robbing the mails. Two decoy
letters containing money were found on
him. The thefts have been going on for
two months. Letters to banks and BUSH
ness houses were rifed, the total steal
ings reaching SC, 900 in cash and drafts.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-13
ooh GOOD morning Mr. r

-"Oh, good morning, Mr.. Jonesi
Now, know that you have called
To- EYES, MIR. Brown. AS / was
passing, / thought I'd just drop in and
pay my respects to YOU "Ohtn dds
appointedly), Il supposed you had
called to pay the bill you owe me. -
PHILADELPHIA Cal.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-13

1t was, suggested to party who
was about to start paper in the in
terest of the hosiery business that he
should name it 1.-The Sock He de-
clined to do SO, on playground that if
he gave it that name it might be
universally 'sdarned'' by the public.
N. 7. Ledder.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-13
ARBoR DAY is now observed in
twenty different States

Mrs. LOUISE DANIELS, wife Of the
captain of Lake Champlain steamer,
has been licensed as pilot of her hus-
bands vessel.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-13
Refused 500. 900 for a Horse,

PARIS, KY, May CLAY & Woodford.
owners of Runnymede stock farm, re-
ceived an offer of 500. 900 from New York
parties for their celebrated stallion, Hin
doc, provided he lived four years after the
purchase. The offer was refused.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-13

Many dwellers on the Pacific coast
are asking that bounty be put on seals
because they are SO terribly destructive
to salmon. They rob many Of the
nets Of every fish, killing them in mere
Wantonness.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-13

-"Humor,' said an old man, sis
pleasant lemonade sWhat would
you term satire?n some one said. "A
lemonade with the sugar left out, he
answered. 4rkansGw Traveller.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-13

The big bridge between New York
and Brooklyn has been treated to a
new coat Of paint, about twenty tons
being used to cover it.